Deaths in June 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in June 2016.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
 * Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

1

 * William Harrison Bell, 89, American surgeon.
 * Leonard Boyle, 85, New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dunedin (1983–2005).
 * Agostino Coletto, 88, Italian racing cyclist.
 * David Daniell, 87, English literary scholar.
 * Roger Enrico, 71, American businessman (PepsiCo, DreamWorks), snorkeling incident.
 * Razak Khan, 65, Indian film actor (Baadshah, Hello Brother, Akhiyon Se Goli Maare), heart attack.
 * Boyce F. Martin Jr., 80, American judge, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1996–2003), brain cancer.
 * Grigore Obreja, 48, Romanian sprint canoeist, world champion (1994), Olympic bronze medallist (1996).
 * Kosit Panpiemras, 73, Thai banker (Bangkok Bank), cancer.
 * Bob Rumball, 86, Canadian pastor and deaf rights advocate.
 * John Simpson, 89, Australian Olympic fencer.
 * Dalpat Singh Paraste, 66, Indian politician, MP for Shahdol (2004–2009), brain hemorrhage.
 * David Spielberg, 77, American actor (Christine, Wiseguy, ER).
 * John Taylor, 87, British Anglican bishop and theologian.
 * Wang Jui, 85, Taiwanese actor, Golden Bell winner (1991, 1997, 2014).

2

 * Klaus Biemann, 89, Austrian-born American biochemist.
 * Walter Curley, 93, American diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (1975–1977) and France (1989–1993).
 * Alvin J. DeGrow, 90, American politician.
 * Donny Everett, 19, American baseball player (Vanderbilt Commodores), drowned.
 * Fulvio Galimi, 89, Argentine Olympic fencer (1948, 1952).
 * Darko Grubor, 53, Serbian executive.
 * Don Hardeman, 63, American football player.
 * Sir Tom Kibble, 83, British physicist.
 * Wayne Kingery, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
 * Pál Koczka, 77, Hungarian Olympic basketball player.
 * Keith Lawrence, 96, New Zealand-born British flight lieutenant during World War II, surviving member of The Few.
 * Yevhen Lemeshko, 85, Ukrainian football coach.
 * Abderrahmane Meziani, 74, Algerian footballer (USM Alger).
 * Dan Henry Nicolson, 82, American botanist.
 * Andrzej Niemczyk, 72, Polish volleyball coach, European champion (2003, 2005).
 * Sir John Pidgeon, 89, Australian property developer.
 * Ulrik Plesner, 85, Danish architect.
 * Lee Pfund, 96, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and college baseball and basketball coach (Wheaton College).
 * Willis Pyle, 101, American animator (Pinocchio, Bambi, Mr. Magoo).
 * Brian Reidy, 77, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).
 * Helen Renton, 85, British air force officer, director of the WRAF (1980–1986).
 * Freddie Wadling, 64, Swedish singer and songwriter.
 * Häns'che Weiss, 64–65, German jazz guitarist.

3

 * Yevgeny Agureyev, 65, Russian field hockey player and administrator.
 * Muhammad Ali, 74, American boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1960), three-time WBC world heavyweight champion (1964, 1974, 1978), septic shock.
 * Balu Anand, 61, Indian actor, heart attack.
 * Szabolcs Baranyi, 72, Hungarian tennis player.
 * Sreten Asanović, 85, Montenegrin author.
 * Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen, 86, Dutch malacologist.
 * Henry Childs, 65, American football player (New Orleans Saints), heart attack.
 * Mac Cocker, 74, English-born Australian radio presenter (2JJ, 105.7 ABC Darwin).
 * Stephen Gasiorowicz, 87, American theoretical physicist.
 * Vladimir Ivanovsky, 68, Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (2007–2013).
 * Jocelyn Lovell, 65, Canadian Olympic cyclist (1968, 1972, 1976), Commonwealth (1978) and Pan American Games (1971, 1975) gold medalist.
 * Sten Lundin, 84, Swedish motocross racer, world champion (1959, 1961).
 * Leonard Marchand, 82, Canadian politician, Minister of Environment (1976, 1977–1979), Senator (1984–1998), first Aboriginal federal cabinet minister.
 * Joseph Michel, 90, Belgian politician, President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1980–1981), Minister of the Interior (1974–1977, 1986–1988).
 * Ken Morioka, 49, Japanese musician and composer (Soft Ballet), heart failure.
 * Murray Murrell, 93, Australian football player (Collingwood).
 * Victor Reux, 86, French Saint Pierre and Miquelon politician.
 * Luis Salom, 24, Spanish motorcycle racer, race collision.
 * Sabam Siagian, 84, Indonesian journalist, editor-in-chief of The Jakarta Post (1983–1991), Ambassador to Australia (1991–1994).
 * Arve Solstad, 80, Norwegian newspaper editor (Dagbladet).
 * Dave Swarbrick, 75, British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), emphysema.
 * Henrique N'zita Tiago, 88, Angolan separatist politician, President of the Armed Forces of Cabinda.

4

 * Gil Bartosh, 86, American football player and coach.
 * Frank Brown, 79, American Olympic skier.
 * Annie Castledine, 77, British theatre director.
 * Eamonn Cooke, 79, Irish DJ and criminal.
 * Phyllis Curtin, 94, American soprano.
 * Bobby Curtola, 73, Canadian singer.
 * Sulabha Deshpande, 79, Indian actress.
 * István Halász, 64, Hungarian footballer (Tatabánya, Vasas, national team).
 * Antti Hyry, 84, Finnish writer.
 * Geirmund Ihle, 81, Norwegian politician, MP (1969–1981).
 * Nicky Jennings, 70, English footballer (Portsmouth, Exeter City).
 * Rodney Johnson, 88, Australian Olympic sports shooter.
 * Zoya Klyuchko, 83, Ukrainian entomologist.
 * Piero Leddi, 85, Italian painter.
 * Erich Linemayr, 83, Austrian football referee.
 * Norman Longmate, 90, English historian.
 * Sir Brian McGrath, 90, British courtier, private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh.
 * Carmen Pereira, 79, Bissau-Guinean politician, acting President (1984).
 * Pulu Poumele, 44, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens).
 * Alan Rathbone, 57, English rugby league player (Bradford, Warrington).
 * Bill Richmond, 94, American screenwriter and producer (The Carol Burnett Show, The Nutty Professor, Three's Company).
 * Farid Seiful-Mulyukov, 85, Uzbek-born Russian journalist and writer.
 * Bill Snowden, 81, New Zealand rugby league player (Ponsonby, national team).
 * Nicola Tanda, 87, Italian literary critic and philologist.
 * William Wright, 85, American author.
 * Mustafa Zalmi, 92, Iraqi Kurdish Muslim scholar.

5

 * Loretta Abbott, 83, American dancer and choreographer.
 * Manohar Aich, 104, Indian bodybuilder, Mr. Universe (1952).
 * Gianluca Buonanno, 50, Italian politician, MEP (since 2014), traffic collision.
 * Jerome Bruner, 100, American psychologist.
 * David Gilkey, 50, American photojournalist, grenade explosion.
 * Frank Griffin, 98, Irish judge.
 * Taomati Iuta, 77, I-Kiribati politician, Vice President (1991–1994) and Speaker of the House (2003, 2007–2015), diabetes.
 * David Lamb, 76, American war correspondent and journalist (Los Angeles Times).
 * Abu Layla, 32, Syrian military commander, shot.
 * Ortensia, 10, Australian thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
 * Jarbas Passarinho, 96, Brazilian politician, Minister of Justice (1990–1992), Senate President (1981–1983), Governor of Pará (1964–1966).
 * Cedric Robinson, 76, American political scientist.
 * Patti Grace Smith, 68, American Federal Aviation Administration official, pancreatic cancer.
 * Rick Speare, 68, Australian public health physician, traffic collision.
 * Eleanor Zelliot, 89, American scholar.
 * Aleksei Zharkov, 68, Russian actor, liver disease.

6

 * Stuart Anderson, 93, American restaurateur (Black Angus Steakhouse).
 * Rhoda Blumberg, 98, American author.
 * Theresa Poh Lin Chan, 72, Singaporean writer and actress, lung cancer.
 * Helen Fabela Chávez, 88, American labor unionist.
 * Hélio Garcia, 85, Brazilian politician, Governor of Minas Gerais (1984–1987, 1991–1995).
 * Harry Gregory, 72, English footballer (Charlton Athletic).
 * John Harding, 2nd Baron Harding of Petherton, 88, British army officer and peer.
 * Ayaz Jani, 48, Pakistani poet and journalist.
 * Viktor Korchnoi, 85, Russian-born Swiss chess player.
 * Basil McKenzie, 89, Jamaican Olympic sprinter.
 * Remi Nadeau, 95, American historian.
 * Federico José Pagura, 93, Argentinian Protestant minister, Bishop of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina.
 * Steve Pisanos, 96, Greek-born American air force officer.
 * Theresa Saldana, 61, American actress (Raging Bull, The Commish, I Wanna Hold Your Hand), renal failure.
 * Rolf Schweizer, 80, German composer.
 * Sir Peter Shaffer, 90, British playwright (Amadeus, Equus, Black Comedy) and screenwriter, Tony (1975, 1981) and Oscar winner (1985).
 * Kimbo Slice, 42, Bahamian-born American mixed martial artist (Bellator, UFC), boxer and actor (Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh), heart failure.
 * Keith Smith, 87, New Zealand cricketer.
 * Tunga, 64, Brazilian sculptor and performance artist, cancer.
 * André Warusfel, 79, French mathematician and writer.
 * Jimmy Williams, 90, Canadian baseball player and manager.
 * Héctor Zumbado, 84, Cuban writer and comedian.

7

 * Børge Bach, 71, Danish footballer (AaB).
 * Bretagne, 16, American Golden Retriever rescue dog, euthanized after kidney failure.
 * Johnny Brooks, 84, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Brentford).
 * John H. Eicher, 95, American scientist and author.
 * Tanju Gürsu, 77, Turkish actor and film director, respiratory failure.
 * Amber Gurung, 78, Nepalese musician and composer (national anthem).
 * Frans Harjawiyata, 84, Indonesian Roman Catholic abbot.
 * Robert Hall, 85, Canadian politician.
 * Leonard Hill, 68, American television executive and writer, property developer.
 * Peter Jost, 95, British mechanical engineer.
 * Stephen Keshi, 54, Nigerian football player (Anderlecht, Strasbourg) and manager (national team), heart attack.
 * Sir Graham Latimer, 90, New Zealand Māori leader and politician.
 * Marita Lindquist, 97, Finnish writer.
 * Thomas Perkins, 84, American businessman (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers).
 * Anatoliy Polishchuk, 66, Soviet-Ukrainian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1976).
 * Rubén Quevedo, 37, Venezuelan baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers), heart attack.
 * Elayne Rapping, 77, American writer, breast cancer.
 * Sean Rooks, 46, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers), heart disease.
 * Didargylyç Urazow, 39, Turkmen footballer, stroke.
 * Bryan Wiedmeier, 56, American sports executive (Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns, NFL Management Council), brain cancer.
 * Rod Zimmer, 73, Canadian politician, Senator for Manitoba (2005–2013), complications from esophageal cancer and pneumonia.

8

 * Smart Akraka, 82, Nigerian Olympic sprinter.
 * Pierre Aubert, 89, Swiss politician, President (1983, 1987).
 * Terje Fjærn, 73, Norwegian musician and conductor.
 * Sascha Lewandowski, 44, German football manager (Bayer Leverkusen, Union Berlin).
 * Qahhor Mahkamov, 84, Tajik politician, President (1990–1991).
 * Philip Majerus, 79, American biochemist, prostate cancer.
 * Marina Malfatti, 83, Italian actress (The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, Black Killer).
 * Michael Manser, 87, British architect, complications from a stroke.
 * Ngala Mwendwa, 94, Kenyan politician.
 * William Smith, 62, Northern Irish paramilitary and politician.
 * Robert Sussman, 74, American anthropologist, stroke.

9

 * Hamza Ali, 20, English cricketer (Hampshire), drowning.
 * Michael Baldasaro, 67, Canadian sect leader (Church of the Universe) and political candidate (Marijuana Party), cancer.
 * Stepan Bondarev, 93, Belarusian Soviet army general.
 * Alex Tamba Brima, 44, Sierra Leonean military commander (Armed Forces Revolutionary Council), convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Civil War.
 * Stéphane Dumas, 46, Canadian astrophysicist, complications from influenza.
 * Carillo Gritti, 74, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Territorial Prelate of Itacoatiara (since 2000).
 * T. S. John, 76, Indian politician, chairman of the Kerala Congress.
 * J. Reilly Lewis, 71, American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist, heart attack.
 * James Lewis, 85, American politician, member of the Indiana Senate (1974–1978, 1986–2010) and House of Representatives (1970–1972).
 * Hassan Muhammad Makki, 82, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (1974).
 * Panagiotis Mavrikos, 42, Greek newspaper publisher, traffic collision.
 * Bernard Shrimsley, 85, British newspaper editor (The Sun, News of the World).
 * Brooks Thompson, 45, American basketball player (Orlando Magic) and coach (UTSA Roadrunners), multiple organ failure.
 * A. Gordon Wetmore, 84, American theologian, President of the Northwest Nazarene College (1983–1992).
 * Madeleen de Wijkerslooth de Weerdesteyn, 80, Dutch politician, member of the Senate (1980–1987) and Council of State (1987–2002).

10

 * Shuaibu Amodu, 58, Nigerian football coach (Nigeria national football team).
 * Mary Feik, 92, American aviator.
 * Alexander Gorlov, 85, Russian mechanical engineer.
 * Alex Govan, 86, Scottish footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City).
 * Christina Grimmie, 22, American singer-songwriter (Find Me) and talent show participant (The Voice), shot.
 * Gopal Gurung, 80, Nepali politician and author.
 * Habib, 68, Iranian singer, heart attack.
 * Margaret Vinci Heldt, 98, American hairstylist, creator of the beehive hairstyle.
 * Ambrose Hickey, 71, Irish Gaelic footballer (Offaly GAA).
 * Desmond Heeley, 85, British set and costume designer.
 * John Horgan, 66, Irish hurler (Cork).
 * Gordie Howe, 88, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers).
 * Giannis Michalopoulos, 89, Greek actor.
 * Mimmo Palmara, 87, Italian actor (A Long Ride from Hell, Hercules and the Conquest of Atlantis, Hercules Unchained).
 * Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, 81, Norwegian educationalist.
 * Giuseppe Virgili, 80, Italian footballer (Fiorentina, national team).
 * Derek Wilson, 93, New Zealand architect and environmentalist.

11

 * Rudi Altig, 79, German cyclist, winner of the 1962 Vuelta a España, world champion (1966), cancer.
 * Asghar Bichareh, 89, Iranian photographer and actor.
 * Gilbert Blue, 82, American Catawba chief (1973–2007), mesothelioma.
 * Stacey Castor, 48, American convicted murderer, heart attack.
 * Chico Fernández, 84, Cuban baseball player (Detroit Tigers), complications from a stroke.
 * Paolo Leon, 81, Italian post-Keynesian economist.
 * Inder Malhotra, 86, Indian journalist (The Guardian), editor (The Statesman, The Times of India) and columnist.
 * Moonist, 5, American racehorse, complications of colic.
 * Alberto Remedios, 81, British operatic tenor.
 * Bryan Robinson, 41, American football player (Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals), heart disease.
 * Trudi Roth, 86, Swiss actress, dementia.
 * Thomas Skidmore, 83, American historian.
 * Lars Skytøen, 86, Norwegian politician, Minister of Industry (1979–1981).
 * Veijo Valtonen, 80, Finnish footballer.

12

 * Abdullah Ahmad, 79, Malaysian newspaper editor (New Straits Times), journalist and politician, cancer.
 * Georgia Apostolou, 43, Greek actress (Erotas), heart attack.
 * David K. Backus, 63, American economist, leukemia.
 * Donald Carr, 89, English cricketer (Derbyshire, Oxford University, national team) and administrator (MCC, TCCB).
 * Michelle Cliff, 69, Jamaican-born American writer, liver failure.
 * Gordon Connell, 93, American actor (Hello, Dolly!).
 * Vladimir Dolgopolov, 54, Soviet and Russian football player (FC Zenit Saint Petersburg), complications from a stroke.
 * Robert F. Dorr, 76, American writer and diplomat, brain tumor.
 * Franco Faggi, 90, Italian rower, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
 * Earl Faison, 77, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
 * Dagfinn Gedde-Dahl, 79, Norwegian physician.
 * Gunnar Gran, 84, Norwegian media executive (NRK).
 * P. V. Guharaj, 91, Indian police surgeon.
 * Curley Johnson, 80, American football player (New York Jets), Super Bowl winner (1969).
 * Danny Kopec, 62, American chess player, pancreatic cancer.
 * Harold La Borde, 82, Trinidadian sailor, fall.
 * Achyut Lahkar, 85, Indian actor and playwright.
 * Rodney Leach, Baron Leach of Fairford, 82, British banker and politician.
 * Tom Leppard, 80, British tattooed man.
 * Omar Mateen, 29, American mass murderer (Orlando nightclub shooting), shot.
 * Michu Meszaros, 76, Hungarian-born American actor (ALF).
 * Elín Ortiz, 81, Puerto Rican actor, comedian, and producer, Alzheimer's disease.
 * Fabrizio Pirovano, 56, Italian motorcycle road racer, tumour.
 * Alfonso Portugal, 82, Mexican footballer (national team).
 * Jerry Vaflor, 76, Filipino football player and coach, pneumonia.
 * George Voinovich, 79, American politician, Senator from Ohio (1999–2011), Governor of Ohio (1991–1998), Mayor of Cleveland (1980–1989).
 * Janet Waldo, 96, American actress and voice artist (The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Wacky Races).
 * Chris Warren, 49, American musician (WWF).
 * Cezary Wodziński, 57, Polish philosopher, historian, essayist and translator (Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw).

13

 * Anahid Ajemian, 92, American violinist.
 * Uriah Asante, 24, Ghanaian footballer (Hearts of Oak), heart attack.
 * John Arnold Baker, 90, British judge and politician.
 * Irene Bauer, 71, Norwegian politician.
 * Tony Byrne, 70, Irish footballer (Hereford, Southampton).
 * Tet Garcia, 75, Filipino politician.
 * Gladys Gunzer, 76, American sculptor.
 * Ofelya Hambardzumyan, 91, Armenian folk singer.
 * Oleg Karavaychuk, 88, Soviet and Russian composer.
 * Joshua Wanume Kibedi, 74, Ugandan diplomat and politician, Foreign Minister (1971–1973), Ambassador to the United Nations (1986–1988).
 * Randy Jones, 72, British-born American jazz musician (Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Maynard Ferguson), heart failure.
 * Ron Mason, 76, Canadian ice hockey coach and university administrator (Michigan State).
 * Mohammad Moniruzzaman Miah, 81, Bangladeshi academic.
 * Chips Moman, 79, American songwriter ("(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song") and record producer, Grammy winner (1976).
 * Mudrarakshas, 82, Indian Hindi author.
 * Robert T. Paine, 83, American ecologist, acute myeloid leukemia.
 * Gregory Rabassa, 94, American literary translator (Hopscotch).
 * Gerald J. Wasserburg, 89, American geologist.

14

 * Lidia Biondi, 75, Italian actress (Eat Pray Love, Casanova, Rome).
 * Roger Breeze, 69, English veterinary scientist.
 * Robert Després, 91, Canadian businessman, lung cancer.
 * Anatol Dumitraș, 60, Moldovan singer, cancer.
 * Melvin Dwork, 94, American interior designer and gay rights activist.
 * Ronnie Claire Edwards, 83, American actress (The Waltons, The Dead Pool, Designing Women), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
 * Anatoli Grishin, 76, Russian sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1964).
 * Ann Morgan Guilbert, 87, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Nanny, Grumpier Old Men), cancer.
 * Per Hovdenakk, 80, Norwegian art historian.
 * Gertrude Kerbis, 89, American architect (O'Hare International Airport), liver cancer.
 * OJB Jezreel, 49, Nigerian singer and record producer, complications from kidney failure.
 * Gilles Lamontagne, 97, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1984–1990), MP (1977–1984), Mayor of Quebec City (1965–1977).
 * Ali Lazrak, 68, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (2002–2006), lung cancer.
 * Henry McCullough, 72, Northern Irish guitarist (Spooky Tooth, Wings, The Grease Band).
 * Samuel Mumbengegwi, 73, Zimbabwean politician.
 * Ken Orr, 77, American software engineer.
 * Irma Roy, 84, Argentine actress and politician, national deputy (1995–2005).
 * Ovie Scurlock, 97, American jockey.
 * Yumi Shirakawa, 79, Japanese actress (Rodan, The Mysterians, The H-Man).

15

 * Somawansa Amarasinghe, 73, Sri Lankan politician, leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (1994–2014), stroke.
 * Anton Barten, 86, Dutch economist.
 * Claude Confortès, 88, French actor (War of the Buttons).
 * Lois Duncan, 82, American writer (I Know What You Did Last Summer, Hotel for Dogs, Who Killed My Daughter?).
 * Aslam Farrukhi, 92, Pakistani writer and critic.
 * Gypsy Joe, 82, Puerto Rican professional wrestler (WWC, CWA, AJPW).
 * David Hall, 88, New Zealand chemistry academic (University of Auckland).
 * Roland Hardy, 90, British Olympic race walker (1952, 1956).
 * Bob Holman, 79, British academic (University of Bath) and community worker, motor neurone disease.
 * Joaquin Jackson, 80, American Texas Ranger.
 * Fred James, 71, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders).
 * Ladislav Kupkovič, 80, Slovak composer and conductor.
 * Milorad Mandić, 55, Serbian actor (Selo gori, a baba se češlja, Pretty Village, Pretty Flame, Klopka), heart attack.
 * Hiroshi Minatoya, 72, Japanese judoka, world champion (1967, 1969).
 * Alavi Moulana, 84, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Labour (2000–2001), Governor of Western Province (2002–2015).
 * Harry Moule, 94, English cricketer (Worcestershire).
 * Richard Selzer, 87, American surgeon and author.
 * Giuseppe Spagnulo, 79, Italian sculptor.
 * A. C. Tirulokchandar, 86, Indian film director (Iru Malargal, Deiva Magan, Adhey Kangal).
 * John Tremelling, 86, Australian Olympic sports shooter.
 * Elaina Marie Tuttle, 52, ornithologist and behavioral geneticist

16

 * Sulo Aittoniemi, 79, Finnish politician, MP (1987–2003).
 * Bill Berkson, 76, American poet and art critic, heart attack.
 * Doug Cherry, 83, Canadian politician.
 * Jo Cox, 41, British politician, MP for Batley and Spen (since 2015), shot and stabbed.
 * Manimala Devi, 84, Indian actress (Kaa).
 * Wayne Dowd, 74, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1978–2000), cancer.
 * Anjan Dutta, 64, Indian politician.
 * Hans Lipschis, 96, Lithuanian-born German military officer.
 * Luděk Macela, 65, Czech footballer, Olympic gold medalist (1980).
 * Irving Moskowitz, 88, American businessman and philanthropist.
 * Candy Ruff, 65, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1993–2009).
 * Pat Suggate, 94, British-born New Zealand geologist.
 * Jerome Teasley, 67, American drummer, complications from liver and lung cancer.
 * Charles Thompson, 98, American pianist.

17

 * Rubén Aguirre, 82, Mexican actor (El Chavo del Ocho, El Chapulín Colorado, Chespirito).
 * Willy Andresen, 94, Norwegian jazz pianist.
 * Attrell Cordes, 46, American rhythm and blues singer (P.M. Dawn), renal disease.
 * Angel Gelmi Bertocchi, 78, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba (1985–2013).
 * Audrey Disbury, 82, English cricketer.
 * Peter Feuchtwanger, 76, German-born British pianist, composer and piano teacher.
 * Thomas Ashley Graves Jr., 91, American academic, President of the College of William & Mary (1971–1985).
 * Bud Gregory, 90, Canadian politician.
 * Phil Hennigan, 70, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, New York Mets), lung cancer.
 * Sam Beaver King, 90, Jamaican-born British political activist, Mayor of Southwark (1983), co-founder of the Notting Hill Carnival.
 * Reidar Kvaal, 100, Norwegian World War II military officer.
 * Ron Lester, 45, American actor (Varsity Blues, Popular, Good Burger), liver and kidney failure.
 * David Morgenthaler, 96, American businessman (Morgenthaler Ventures).
 * Loretto Petrucci, 86, Italian racing cyclist.
 * Tenor Fly, 48, English rapper and ragga vocalist.
 * Wang Sichao, 77, Chinese astronomy scholar, cerebral hemorrhage.

18

 * Paul Cox, 76, Dutch-born Australian film director (My First Wife, A Woman's Tale, Exile), liver cancer.
 * Sharon Douglas, 95, American actress (Fog Island).
 * Susana Duijm, 79, Venezuelan beauty queen, Miss World winner (1955).
 * Alejandro Jano Fuentes, 45, American singer (La Voz... México), shot.
 * Graham Gibbons, 96, Bermudian businessman and politician, Mayor of Hamilton, Bermuda (1972–1988).
 * Jim Harrison, 80, American writer and artist, heart attack.
 * Curt Hofstad, 70, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives (since 2006), heart attack.
 * Väinö Huhtala, 80, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1960).
 * Jeppiaar, 85, Indian educationist, founder and chancellor of Sathyabama University.
 * Sverre Kjelsberg, 69, Norwegian musician (The Pussycats).
 * William J. Livsey, 85, American army general.
 * Sibe Mardešić, 89, Croatian mathematician.
 * Rachel McCulloch, 74, American economist.
 * Vittorio Merloni, 83, Italian entrepreneur and industrialist, founder of Indesit Company.
 * Robert L. Moore, 73, American psychologist.
 * Kitty Rhoades, 65, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1999–2011), pneumonia.
 * Stanisław Romik, 90, Polish shooter.
 * Joe Schaffernoth, 78, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians), cancer.
 * Edith Turner, 95, English-born American anthropologist.
 * Wu Jianmin, 77, Chinese diplomat, Ambassador to France and the Netherlands (1998–2003), traffic collision.

19

 * Mihnea Berindei, 68, Romanian-born French historian.
 * Nicolae Bocșan, 68, Romanian historian.
 * Nicolás García Uriburu, 78, Argentine artist and landscape architect.
 * Götz George, 77, German actor (Tatort).
 * Fan Ho, 84, Chinese photographer, film director and actor, pneumonia.
 * David Johnson, 83, Australian-born American business executive (Campbell Soup Company).
 * John Love, 73, British-born Australian scientist.
 * Ricardo Obregón Cano, 99, Argentine politician, Governor of Córdoba (1973–1974).
 * Allan Paivio, 91, Canadian psychologist.
 * Ixora Rojas Paz, 60, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, president of the Chamber of Deputies (1998–1999).
 * Victor Stănculescu, 88, Romanian general and politician, Minister of National Defence.
 * Norbert Thériault, 95, Canadian politician, MLA (1960–1979) and Senator for New Brunswick (1979–1996).
 * Niki Tobi, 75, Nigerian judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (2002–2010).
 * Randolph Vigne, 87, South African political activist.
 * Anton Yelchin, 27, Soviet-born American actor (Star Trek, Alpha Dog, Fright Night), blunt traumatic asphyxia.

20

 * Ann Atwater, 80, American civil rights activist.
 * Frank Chapot, 84, American equestrian, Olympic silver medalist (1960, 1972).
 * Fiqre Crockwell, 30, Bermudian cricket player, shot.
 * Eamonn Dolan, 48, Irish football player and coach, cancer.
 * Alvin Endt, 82, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1984–1999).
 * Benoîte Groult, 96, French journalist, writer and feminist activist.
 * Bill Ham, 79, American band manager (ZZ Top).
 * Hal Holman, 93, Australian artist.
 * Michał Józefczyk, 69, Polish Roman Catholic priest.
 * Aulis Kähkönen, 85, Finnish Olympic swimmer.
 * Willie Logie, 83, Scottish footballer (Rangers).
 * Ernesto Maceda, 81, Filipino politician, Senate President (1996–1998), Senator (1971–1972, 1987–1998) and columnist, multiple organ failure.
 * Dan Maraya, 69, Nigerian griot.
 * Rich Olive, 66, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (2007–2011), cancer.
 * Edgard Pisani, 97, French politician, philosopher and writer, President of the AWI (1988–1995), High Commissioner of New Caledonia (1985), Minister of Agriculture (1961–1966).
 * William Craig Rice, 61, American academic.
 * Chayito Valdez, 71, Mexican-born American folk singer and actress, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.
 * James Victor, 76, American actor (Stand and Deliver, Zorro).

21

 * Guda Anjaiah, 60, Indian poet, singer and lyricist, kidney ailment.
 * Jim Boyd, 60, American singer-songwriter.
 * Karl Dallas, 85, British journalist, author and campaigner, cancer.
 * Dan Daniel, 82, American radio personality (WMCA, WYNY, WCBS).
 * Bryan Edwards, 85, British footballer (Bolton Wanderers).
 * Helen T. Edwards, 80, American physicist.
 * Pat Friday, 94, American singer.
 * Jack Fuller, 69, American journalist and publisher (Tribune Publishing), cancer.
 * Kunio Hatoyama, 67, Japanese politician.
 * Henk Hofland, 88, Dutch journalist, columnist and writer.
 * Al Howie, 70, Canadian long-distance runner.
 * Wayne Jackson, 74, American musician (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns), heart failure.
 * Pierre Lalonde, 75, Canadian singer and television host, complications from Parkinson's disease.
 * Kenworth Moffett, 81, American art curator (Boston Museum of Fine Arts), museum director (Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale) and writer.
 * Mohammed Nizamuddin, 83, Indian trade unionist and politician.
 * Jim Randell, 87, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mirani (1980–1994).

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 * Joan Acker, 92, American sociologist.
 * John William Ashe, 61, Antiguan diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2013–2014), heart attack.
 * Vasily Bochkaryov, 67, Russian politician.
 * Steve French, 56, American gospel singer (Kingdom Heirs), suicide by jumping.
 * John Garrow, 87, British nutritionist and physician.
 * Luis Gutiérrez Martín, 84, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Segovia (1995–2007).
 * Mike Hart, 72, British singer-songwriter.
 * David J. Hickson, 85, British organisational theorist.
 * Mohammad Kilani, Jordanian politician, Water Minister (1989).
 * Andrzej Kondratiuk, 79, Polish film director (Hydrozagadka), screenwriter, actor and cinematographer.
 * Roberto Lovera, 93, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
 * Alan Mitchell, 55, English comics creator.
 * J. V. Ramana Murthi, 83, Indian actor.
 * Yaşar Nuri Öztürk, 71, Turkish theologian and politician, stomach cancer.
 * Harry Rabinowitz, 100, British music composer (Reilly, Ace of Spies) and conductor (Chariots of Fire, Cats).
 * Samir Roychoudhury, 82, Indian writer (Hungry Generation).
 * Tokia Russell, 38, Bermudian footballer, traffic collision.
 * Amjad Sabri, 45, Pakistani qawwali singer, shot.

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 * Eoin Cameron, 65, Australian radio presenter (6WF) and politician, MP for Stirling (1993–1998), heart attack.
 * Mike Flynn, 48, American online journalist and conservative activist.
 * Arie Gluck, 86, Israeli Olympic runner (1952).
 * James Green, 71, American historian, leukemia.
 * Michael Herr, 76, American author (Dispatches) and screenwriter (Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now).
 * Shirley Fenton Huie, 91, Australian author.
 * Jin Yaqin, 91, Chinese actress (You and Me), cancer.
 * Shelley Moore, 84, British-born American jazz singer.
 * Stanley Mandelstam, 87, American theoretical physicist.
 * Peter Morley, 91, German-born British filmmaker.
 * Stuart Nisbet, 82, American actor (Casino, In the Heat of the Night, Bewitched).
 * Ralph Stanley, 89, American bluegrass musician (The Stanley Brothers), Grammy winner (2002), skin cancer.
 * Peter Tennant, 74, English cricketer.
 * Rane Vaskivuori, 49, Finnish designer.

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 * Francisco Ivens de Sá Dias Branco, 81, Brazilian billionaire businessman.
 * Charles Chaynes, 90, French composer.
 * Tony Feher, 60, American sculptor, liver cancer.
 * Asım Can Gündüz, 60, Turkish rock guitarist, heart attack.
 * Steven Hancock, 58, British Olympic kayaker (1980) and business executive (VidWrx Inc.), traffic collision.
 * Chaim Avrohom Horowitz, 83, American Chasidic rabbi of the Boston Hasidic dynasty.
 * Donald Jelinek, 82, American civil rights lawyer, lung disease.
 * Allah Dino Khaskheli, 50, Pakistani singer, traffic collision.
 * Andries Kinsbergen, 89, Belgian politician, Governor of Antwerp (1967–1993).
 * James Lee, 36, American football player (Green Bay Packers), complications from diabetes.
 * Kelly Mader, 64, American rancher and politician, heart attack.
 * Edoardo Müller, 78, Italian opera conductor.
 * Oscar Obert, 85, American handball player.
 * Greg Pierce, 66, Australian rugby league player and captain (Cronulla Sharks, national team), cancer.
 * Gerald Walpin, 84, American attorney and author.
 * Bernie Worrell, 72, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic), lung cancer.

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 * Raymond Bateman, 88, American politician, New Jersey state senator (1968–1978).
 * Percy Beake, 99, Canadian-born British World War II fighter pilot.
 * Antonin Canavese, 87, French cyclist.
 * Nicole Courcel, 84, French actress (Rendezvous in July, Sundays and Cybele).
 * Jack Cropp, 89, New Zealand yachtsman, Olympic gold medalist (1956).
 * Bill Cunningham, 87, American fashion photographer (The New York Times).
 * Maurice G. Dantec, 57, French science fiction writer and musician.
 * Giuseppe Ferrara, 83, Italian film director (The Moro Affair, One Hundred Days in Palermo, Giovanni Falcone).
 * Steve Ferrughelli, 67, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes).
 * Shōichi Fujimori, 89, Japanese royal steward.
 * Jim Hickman, 79, American baseball player (New York Mets, Chicago Cubs).
 * Peter Hutton, 71, American film director, cancer.
 * Farrakh Khan, 77, Pakistani army general, Chief of General Staff (1991–1994).
 * Hal Lear, 81, American basketball player (Temple University).
 * Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, 86, British barrister and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1992–1997).
 * Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo, 89, Indian writer, multiple organ failure.
 * Ben Patterson, 82, American artist and musician.
 * Julie Plawecki, 54, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (since 2015), heart attack.
 * Adam Small, 79, South African writer and poet, complications from surgery.
 * Ermin Smrekar, 85, Italian architect.
 * Trevor Steedman, 62, British actor and stuntman (Aliens, Snatch, Children of Men), complications from a stroke.
 * Elliot Wolff, 61, American songwriter and music producer. (body discovered on this date)

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 * Jürgen von Beckerath, 96, German Egyptologist.
 * Austin Clarke, 81, Canadian novelist (The Polished Hoe).
 * Sergei Cortez, 81, Chilean-born Belarusian composer.
 * Kristiina Elstelä, 73, Finnish actress.
 * Jona Goldrich, 88, Polish-born American real estate developer and philanthropist.
 * Barbara Goldsmith, 85, American author, heart failure.
 * Samuel L. Green Jr., 89, American pastor and bishop (Church of God in Christ).
 * Andrés Hernández Ros, 67, Spanish politician, President of the Region of Murcia (1982–1984).
 * Henrietta Rach Hoernle, 103, German-born American philanthropist.
 * Ryan Jimmo, 34, Canadian mixed martial artist (UFC, MFC), vehicular homicide.
 * Kim Sung-min, 43, South Korean actor (Miss Mermaid), suicide by hanging.
 * Anatoliy Kutsev, 57, Moldovan-born Ukrainian football player, referee and manager (women's national team).
 * Alexander Litaay, 67, Indonesian ambassador, Ambassador to Croatia (since 2016), heart attack.
 * Hazel Newhook, 101, Canadian politician, MHA for Gander (1979–1985), Mayor of Gander (1973–1977).
 * Kavalam Narayana Panicker, 88, Indian dramatist, theatre director and poet.
 * Mike Pedicin, 98, American jazz bandleader.
 * John J. Santucci, 85, American lawyer and politician, New York state senator (1968–1976).
 * Gino Sovran, 91, Canadian basketball player (Toronto Huskies).
 * William C. Waterhouse, 74, American mathematician.
 * Rostislav Yankovsky, 86, Belarusian film and stage actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1978).

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 * Franz Cibulka, 69, Austrian composer.
 * Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho, 92, Brazilian biologist.
 * Caçapava, 61, Brazilian footballer.
 * Elmer Cravalho, 90, American politician, Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1959–1967), Mayor of Maui (1969–1979).
 * Henry Sebastian D'Souza, 90, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Calcutta (1986–2002).
 * Xerxes Desai, 79, Indian executive (Titan).
 * Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, 83, Danish composer, cancer.
 * Harry Halbreich, 85, Belgian musicologist.
 * Dave Heath, 85, American photographer.
 * Dame Grace Hollander, 94, New Zealand community leader.
 * Aharon Ipalé, 74, Moroccan-born Israeli actor (The Mummy, Fiddler on the Roof, Alias), cancer.
 * George W. Miller, 75, American federal judge.
 * Oh Se-jong, 33, South Korean short track speed skater, Olympic champion (2006), traffic collision.
 * Simon Ramo, 103, American engineer, businessman and author.
 * Mack Rice, 82, American songwriter ("Mustang Sally", "Respect Yourself") and singer, complications of Alzheimer's disease.
 * Edward D. Sheafer Jr., 75, American naval officer.
 * Bud Spencer, 86, Italian actor (They Call Me Trinity, Watch Out, We're Mad!, Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure) and swimmer.
 * Amar Suloev, 40, Armenian mixed martial artist, stomach cancer.
 * Alvin Toffler, 87, American writer and futurist (Future Shock, The Third Wave).

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 * Leland Bardwell, 94, Irish poet, novelist and playwright.
 * Theo Dilissen, 62, Belgian basketball player and businessman.
 * Christer Ericsson, 74, Swedish businessman, drowning.
 * Freddie Gilroy, 80, Northern Irish bantamweight boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
 * Allan Greenshields, 90, Australian football player (Carlton, St Kilda).
 * André Guelfi, 97, French racing driver (Formula One).
 * Darell Koons, 91, American painter.
 * George Matsumoto, 93, American architect.
 * Joseph Atsumi Misue, 80, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hiroshima (1985–2011).
 * Scotty Moore, 84, American guitarist (Elvis Presley).
 * Fabiane Niclotti, 31, Brazilian model, Miss Universo Brasil 2004.
 * Buddy Ryan, 85, American football head coach (Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals) and defensive coordinator (Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers).
 * Michel Soutif, 94, French physicist.
 * Pat Summitt, 64, American basketball coach (Tennessee Lady Volunteers), dementia.
 * Zurlon Tipton, 26, American football player (Indianapolis Colts), shot.
 * Keith Vickerman, 83, British zoologist (University of Glasgow), Regius Professor of Zoology (1984–1998).

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 * Elechi Amadi, 82, Nigerian writer.
 * Margaret Bakkes, 84, South African author.
 * Inocente Carreño, 96, Venezuelan composer.
 * James Cooley, 89, American mathematician.
 * Giuseppe De Andrea, 86, Italian-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain, Kuwait, and Yemen (2001–2005), Qatar (2003–2005).
 * John Farquharson, 86, Australian journalist.
 * Gunnar Garbo, 92, Norwegian politician, MP (1958–1973).
 * Stanley Gault, 90, American businessman, CEO of Rubbermaid and Goodyear.
 * Robert Marie Gay, 89, Canadian-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kabale (1996–2003).
 * Irving Gottesman, 85, American psychologist.
 * Carl Haas, 86, American car racing team owner.
 * Stan Harper, 94, American virtuoso harmonica player.
 * Jan Hettema, 82, South African Olympic cyclist (1956) and rally driver, shot.
 * Ojo Maduekwe, 71, Nigerian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007–2010).
 * Frode Nilsen, 92, Norwegian diplomat.
 * Veena Sahasrabuddhe, 67, Indian singer and composer.
 * Edward L. Salmon Jr., 82, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of South Carolina (1990–2008).
 * Douglas W. Schwartz, 86, American archaeologist.
 * Vasyl Slipak, 41, Ukrainian opera singer, shot.
 * K. G. Subramanyan, 92, Indian artist.
 * Arthur Underwood, 88, English cricketer.
 * Rob Wasserman, 64, American musician (David Grisman Quintet, RatDog, Lou Reed), cancer.
 * Xu Jiatun, 100, Chinese politician and dissident, Governor of Jiangsu (1977–1979).

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 * Charlie Akers, 76, American Olympic biathlete.
 * Ann Cartwright DeCouto, 75, Bermudian politician, Deputy Premier (1989–1992).
 * Don Friedman, 81, American jazz pianist.
 * Paul T. Gillcrist, 87, American rear admiral.
 * Gian Corrado Gross, 74, Italian Olympic swimmer (1964).
 * Juan Habichuela, 83, Spanish flamenco guitarist.
 * Sir Geoffrey Hill, 84, British poet.
 * Quasar Khanh, 82, Vietnamese inventor and designer.
 * Al Libous, 88, American politician, Mayor of Binghamton, New York (1969–1981).
 * Tupay Loong, 69, Filipino politician, Governor of Sulu (1984–1996), liver cancer.
 * Martin Lundström, 98, Swedish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1948).
 * Gordon Murray, 95, British puppeteer and television producer (Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Chigley).
 * Joe Scott, 90, American football player (New York Giants).
 * Robert Squires, 89, British vice admiral.
 * Thunder, 35, Australian professional wrestler (CMLL), stomach cancer.
 * Witold Zagórski, 85, Polish basketball player (national team) and coach.